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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6169" measure-id="id117hr6169" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-12-07" update-date="2022-02-14">
        <title>To direct the Secretary of Defense to establish a framework relating to risks to the defense supply chain, and for other purposes.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr6169v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-02-14">
            <action-date>2021-12-07</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a framework to consolidate the information regarding risks to the defense supply chain to enable department-wide risk assessments and support the development of strategies to mitigate such risks.</p> <p>The framework required by the bill may be included as a part of the framework developed pursuant to recommendations provided under section five of Executive Order 14017 (86 Fed. Reg. 11849), which relates to U.S. supply chains.</p> <p>After the framework is established, DOD must regularly issue guidance on mitigating risks to the defense supply chain.</p>]]></summary-text>
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